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Simulation in Health Professions Education MED5395

  • Academic Session: 2022-23
  • School: School of Medicine Dentistry and Nursing
  • Credits: 10
  • Level: Level 5 (SCQF level 11)
  • Typically Offered: Semester 2
  • Available to Visiting Students: Yes
  • Available to Erasmus Students: No
  • Taught Wholly by Distance Learning: Yes

Short Description

In this course, students will identify and critique ways in which simulation may be used in the delivery of health professions education, in contexts of high- and low-resource. This will include the use of simulation in formative and summative assessment of clinical and communication skills.

Timetable

tbc (distance-learning)

Requirements of Entry

Applicants should normally possess a medical, dental, or nursing degree from an institution recognised by the University Court; or a recognised degree from another appropriate health profession; they should ideally be employed in a relevant professional context. Applications will also be considered from individuals with other relevant degree qualifications (such as a BSc in a biomedical science), who are, or aspire to be, employed in the education of health professionals.

 

For applicants undertaking this course as part of the PGDip/Msc HPE or PGDip/MSc HPER, they would normally be expected to have completed the following courses successfully: Learning in Health Professions; Teaching in Health Professions; and Assessment in Health Professions.

Excluded Courses

MED5135

Assessment

Assignment relating to simulation (75%)

Contribution to online discussion (25%)

Course Aims

This course aims to give students the opportunity to:

1. Debate how simulation may legitimately be used in the delivery of health professions curricula, including in the assessment of clinical and communication skills;

2. Reflect on the resource required for simulation, and to think creatively about low-resource alternatives.

Intended Learning Outcomes of Course

By the end of this course students will be able to:

 

1. Critique various uses for simulation in the delivery of health professions curricula;

2. Critically discuss the extent to which principles and theories of learning and teaching inform the use of simulation in health professions education;

3. Discuss how simulation may be practised in high- and low-resource contexts in health professions education;

4. Engage in critical debate on the evidence-base for the use of simulation in learning, teaching and assessment in health professions education.

Minimum Requirement for Award of Credits

Students must submit at least 75% by weight of the components (including examinations) of the course's summative assessment.